sounds lame but i reckon the follow your heart approach works. you could study science to go into teaching and end up selling scientific aparatus. with business you could conversely become a business teacher and not a highflying exec. nobody can tell the future so you don't 100% know where any of your choises will lead you.

if you pick the subjects you feel most passionately for, which will give you most personal fullfilment, you are bound not only to be happier but also to excell more with your grades than if you study something you hate.

i have been both a teacher and a sales manager and when i grow up i'm gonna be a truck driver

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I don't know how it works in the US but in the UK at least, a degree in astronomy or physics doesn't necessarily mean you can work as an engineer. It's likely there'll be various things that a science degree will not cover.
IIRC, topher is a biomechanical engineer and lives in the US. He'll know better than me about that.

Finally, you do realise you're asking a bunch of randoms from the internet what to do with your life, right?

I'm totally with these guys.

I did 2 degrees - Music Technology with Electrical Engineering...and...Electronics and Audio Systems Design.

I became a professional sound engineer for 5 years and then switched completely in 1997/8 to become a Web Designer. It was a huge leap at first but the money rolled in as soon as I became good at my job. I haven't used the knowledge I learnt at university for literally years....unless I'm editing sound for a web game or site, in which case its reasonably useful.

Follow your heart and the wallet will follow The most important thing you have to ask yourself is also the simplest - "If I can do anything, what do I want to do for the rest of my life?" - when you've sorted that one, aim for it, become one of the best and then watch the money come in.

HTH.

I would declare Computer Science as a major and Business Management as your minor.

If the idea is to dress your window, so to speak, as attractively as possible for a well paying job, seems to me those two are the more snazzy looking items to put on display.

Following your heart is important. But if you don't know where your heart is at the moment, you need to fall back on practical considerations while you discover what your heart may wish to go.

Another thing you should seriously consider is the amount of effort you will have to put in and the sort of rewards you will get at the end. None of your potential majors are what I would consider easy from both the workload and information perspectives. I know some very smart people who are in or have been in those sorts of programs and, come exam time, they have been positively swamped. If you really want to pursue one of these goals you should be aware of exactly what you'll be getting yourself into. Also, once you have the degree that took so much hard work to acquire presumably you'll want to do something with it. Ultimately happiness and job satisfaction is more important than money but, if you can have both, that would be best. With those considerations in mind it seems to me that Indy's advice is best. You'll have a lot of doors open to you and some pretty serious earnings potential.

yep, computer science and business management will go well together. you can sell comps, to networking admins, run your own comp business or whatnot. you can even get a position as a manager in a computer company easier imho. but then again im 16.. so what do i know...

Why not complete a Major in History and a Minor in Philosophy? Might come in handy .

I do like that combination of Computer Science and Managment. I also like the Idea of building airplanes, or other engineering fields.

That combination would probably get good pay, and I take in information about computers very quickly. I also have A+ Cert, and I am trying for my CCNA in about 1 year, MCSE or MCSA in 2 years, and maybe a CCNE in the future.


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A CCNA and an MCSE? I hope that you have deep pockets .

My CCNA is covered by my school , I plan to Intern at a company as a trade off for MCSE classes

I'd say go with what you like...you're mostly better in something you like and you could do good in basiclly any off those...cept I'm not so sure about teaching....the prospects for that isnt to good.
I would have like to do my BSc next year with a major in Computer science and then a minor in theory off literature...which is basically a creative writing course with all its theory...but you're not allowed to take that for a BSc now I'm doing Information Science or sth like that as a minor...if you can call it that.
I would have like to do a BA creative writing, but there are no real future in that

@ Recusant – I didn’t think that anyone remembered what I did for a living. Thanks!

OT, yeah, as far as I now, if you want to be a Civil Engineer, then a Physics Degree or an Astronomy Degree won’t get you there. You need to take actual engineering courses. Physics courses are required and you’ll probably end up with an automatic minor in either math or physics when you come out of a civil or mechanical degree.


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Major in Public Administration and then go into professional organized crime.

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